The 2011 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the eleventh edition of the

Pan American Women's Handball Championship The Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the biennial official competition for senior national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was organized by the Pan-American Team Handball Federation. In addition to c ...

, held from 28 June to 2 July 2011, in

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. The tournament also served as the qualification event for the

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, with the top three teams winning the right to participate on the World Championship. However, since Pan American Championship winners

already qualified as the host nation, fourth placed

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was awarded the third spot, that was reserved for the zone.Schedule
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Participating teams

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Qualification

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and the

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played a qualification tournament at

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to determine the last 2 participating nations.

Standings

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Teams

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Group B

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Placement matches

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Final round

Semifinals

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Third place game

Gold medal game

Final standing

References

External links

Results at todor66.comOfficial websitePan american handball site
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